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Living Room / Re: The Emergency Broadcast System ?
« Last post by Renegade on October 28, 2014, 08:49 PM »
Back to EMS and the Internet...

The connection can never be guaranteed, but setting that aside, on the software side, the best solution would be a client. Whether it is push/pull would be an issue though.

To actually get reliability, you'd need a hardware solution and radio waves. So, a radio receiver that could connect to the software client running under the OS and then transmit any EMS signal there. I've not heard much about the EMS being exploited, but that's still an issue for spoofed signals.

Random thought: I want a Faraday cage.
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Living Room / Re: The Emergency Broadcast System ?
« Last post by Renegade on October 28, 2014, 08:43 AM »
You can't have an EMS on something like the Internet as the Internet doesn't guarantee transmission.

Radio waves are more reliable. Blah. Stuff like that.
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Living Room / Re: Your favorite cartoons of yesterday and today?
« Last post by Renegade on October 28, 2014, 08:34 AM »
Roger Ramjet he's our friend, hero of the nation!
The only thing that's wrong with him is mental retardation!



Uh, yeah... Didn't quite remember the right words, but close enough. :P

Dunno... I really don't like the "idiot" heroes. But I did get a laugh out of Roger Ramjet.
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Living Room / Re: looking for scientific calculator like this
« Last post by Renegade on October 26, 2014, 10:31 AM »
TI has had those for decades.
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Living Room / Re: Who is your Favourite "Doctor"?
« Last post by Renegade on October 26, 2014, 08:31 AM »
To throw an unofficial Doctor in here: Joanna Lumley (from "Curse Of Fatal Death").

Favourite companion: Leela (sexy, feisty and dumb - for the time).

Favourite villain (there can only be one): The original The Master - "You will obey me. You WILL obey me. You WILL obey ME."

Favourite official doctor: Troughton, followed by Smith and McCoy, then Hartnell.

Least favourite: Colin Baker, then Davison.

Of the "modern" era: Ecclestone was okay; Tennant started good but the stories descended into the maudlin (his farewell, in particular); Smith re-injected zanieness(?); and I have high hopes for Capaldi.

I've been watching since the start, by the way. We are all children of our time.

-ag0044 (October 26, 2014, 08:08 AM)

Excellent round-up & commentary.

But, as for Leela... I must agree. I really liked her. But I wouldn't say "dumb" there. She had a history, and did very well for it.

And +1 for children of our time. I grew up with Pertwee then Baker, and loved them both. But, we do have our favourites. :)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Massive malvertising campaign on Yahoo, AOL and other sites delivers ransomware
« Last post by Renegade on October 24, 2014, 08:17 AM »
And people call me a douche or cheap ass for using ad blocking software. Pfft. Yeah, that's one of the reasons why I run it and never click on ads. Sorry, but if you're not vetting your advertisers, I ain't clicking. There's a long road ahead before a decent solution to this problem is created. Actually solving the problem isn't that hard... rolling it out is near impossible.
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by Renegade on October 24, 2014, 08:12 AM »
Like this spiral... it makes me dizzy
 (see attachment in previous post)
-crabby3 (October 24, 2014, 07:48 AM)

You might like trip discs. They're fun. But you need to get really, really, seriously high to fully enjoy them. But, then again, when you're that high, just about anything will do. Still, trip discs are fun. Here's a link:

http://www.tron-sect...?a=top&id=406578

Has a few funky pics of a trip disc.

You can get them on ebay:

http://www.ebay.co.u...;hash=item2ec82a69ce

Not sure where to get the pot though. I don't toke (anymore), so...

I'd imagine mushrooms would do the trick there though. But heck, with shrooms, everything is a hologram anyways, so no need for the trip discs! :P
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by Renegade on October 23, 2014, 08:11 AM »
Anyone ever watch "American Horror"? It's darn good.

I'm considering writing a new TV show called "Canadian Horror". Here's what I have so far:

CANADIAN HORROR
Hockey season is over and you're out of beer! :P

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Living Room / Re: Chip Wars: AMD vs Intel .... GO!
« Last post by Renegade on October 23, 2014, 12:23 AM »
I vote for Texas Instruments and Motorola!
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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Last post by Renegade on October 22, 2014, 10:23 PM »
Freemason, Rosicrucians, clones of ancient Egyptian pharaohs, aliens, weaponizing the orbit around Earth, and a lot more!



Yeah, it's a lot of fun!  :up:

If you want to listen to it as a podcast, you can download it then convert it with RAT.
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Living Room / Re: No cameras allowed in SCOTUS? No problem! We'll use dogs...
« Last post by Renegade on October 22, 2014, 07:25 AM »
I'm sure she'll do an eggsellent job.
-Renegade (October 21, 2014, 11:13 PM)

I disagree. She seems to be one of those hunt-and-peck typists.
-Deozaan (October 22, 2014, 04:08 AM)

Well, she does look handicapable. Perhaps whoever hired her was chicken about a lawsuit?

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Living Room / Re: when will we eventually be able to
« Last post by Renegade on October 22, 2014, 07:16 AM »
Back to auto-pilot cars...

http://time.com/3517...0/end-human-driving/

Let’s Fix It: Let’s End Human Driving

My prediction is that it doesn't end well...

If it were just purely the technology as a tool, I'd be cheering. But it's not. The IoT will ensure it turns into a dystopian, hellish nightmare. And not that the IoT itself is bad - same deal there - just a tool - but I think more than a couple people here know the sinister side of computer control -- the people behind the scenes.

Again - cool technology - but serious doubts about how it will actually be used/abused.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Free Steam Game: Afterfall InSanity
« Last post by Renegade on October 22, 2014, 01:03 AM »
A year? Cripes... I entirely missed it until today.   :o
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DC Gamer Club / Re: Free Steam Game: Afterfall InSanity
« Last post by Renegade on October 22, 2014, 12:44 AM »
Not available for the anti-social among us, ie. requires Twitter, Facebook accounts to get it.
-4wd (October 21, 2014, 07:46 PM)

Hmm... anti-social? I can see from your new avatar... Which watchlists are you on? ;D

(BTW - I love the new avatar!  :Thmbsup: Very cute!)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Must have firmware upgrade for Samsung 840 EVO SSDs
« Last post by Renegade on October 21, 2014, 11:22 PM »
Hmm... That's the exact drive I have. Thanks for the heads up. I'm kind of surprised that I didn't find out before though. A an awful lot of that stuff actually goes across my desk and I didn't get that one.

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Living Room / Re: No cameras allowed in SCOTUS? No problem! We'll use dogs...
« Last post by Renegade on October 21, 2014, 11:13 PM »
Pfft! Everything else has gone to the dogs, so why not the SCOTUS? ;D

I pity the assistant... I can just see the assistant quacking up under the stress. Also, I might have pecked a different court stenographer, but so far so good. I'm sure she'll do an eggsellent job.

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Living Room / Re: when will we eventually be able to
« Last post by Renegade on October 20, 2014, 07:40 PM »
Eco-tastic happy butterfly mode has a new friend!

http://www.dailymail...proved-EU-roads.html

The sports car that runs on SALTWATER: Vehicle goes from 0 to 60mph in 2.8 seconds - and has just been approved for EU roads
  • Quant e-Sportlimousine's top speed is 217mph - equal to a McLaren P1
  • The car uses a saltwater flow cell system to power four electric motors
  • Water passes through membrane in tanks creating an electric charge
  • Two 200-litre water tanks can provide a range of 373 miles (600km)
  • The four-seater is 5.25 metres (0.4ft) long and 2.2 metres wide (7.2ft)
  • Price and sale date yet to be confirmed, but may cost more than £1m



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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by Renegade on October 20, 2014, 07:24 PM »
^ Ok then. Store credit. :)
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Living Room / Re: DRM in your coffee maker, to stop you from brewing unlicensed coffees
« Last post by Renegade on October 20, 2014, 11:26 AM »
Ok i'm [retty frigin drunmk and i think i culd use some koffe and it hink theat I shucl d not clik ppost or anything or athat coffee or what what that thinking.... perhaps moar coffee...
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Living Room / Re: Movies or films you've seen lately
« Last post by Renegade on October 20, 2014, 11:22 AM »
Meh... Different strokes for different folks.

Not everyone enjoys the same things. And that's ok.

Here's a fun sci-fi movie that some will love, and others will hate. I rather enjoyed it. But I like to suspend everything and just take it for what it is.

Earth to Echo




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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by Renegade on October 20, 2014, 09:23 AM »
Ok, this is a bit long, but I **PROMISE** it is **SOOOOOOOOOOOO** worth it. Read the whole thing. It's not all that long, but not 25 words either.

100% money back guarantee if you don't piss yourself laughing! (Store credit if you only fall off your chair.)

What It’s Like to Carry Your Nobel Prize through Airport Security

Classic!
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Living Room / Re: Internet freedoms restrained - SOPA/PIPA/OPEN/ACTA/CETA/PrECISE-related updates
« Last post by Renegade on October 20, 2014, 05:06 AM »
The UK is a wonderful utopia of the most sensitive and caring people. Heck, if want to publish an autobiography (where nobody disputes any facts), and it could potentially, possibly hurt even just 1 person's feelings, well, you don't get to publish.

Now, try and name just 1 other country where people care so much. (North Korea doesn't count.)

;)
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Living Room / Re: Who is your Favourite "Doctor"?
« Last post by Renegade on October 19, 2014, 11:06 AM »
For me, though, my favorite doctor is David Tennant.
-Innuendo (October 19, 2014, 10:45 AM)

It's almost impossible to pick 1. I've not seen a Doctor that I didn't like.

Nobody has voted for Matt Smith or Peter Davidson, but I really liked them as well.
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Living Room / Re: Movies or films you've seen lately
« Last post by Renegade on October 19, 2014, 10:46 AM »
Lucy

Lucy_.jpg

If you like sci-fi, I think you'll really enjoy this.

Here's the IMDB summary:

A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.

Ignore it. This is way better than that. But don't peek... I think you'll enjoy this going in blind.

MINOR SPOILER - MENTIONING A FILM SIMILAR IN SOME WAYS
If you enjoyed "Unbreakable", check this. There's one other film that I'm not remembering the name for at the moment... will post back in here if I remember...


MAJOR SPOILER IN 1 WORD
Apotheosis.


It was a very enjoyable film.



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Living Room / Re: Internet freedoms restrained - SOPA/PIPA/OPEN/ACTA/CETA/PrECISE-related updates
« Last post by Renegade on October 19, 2014, 05:17 AM »
Hey, look on the bright side. Australia and the UK are definitely leading the US in criminalising speech and thought. Though only the UK has had the strength of vision and fortitude to suggest re-education camps... so far.

What was that about empires in decline looking inward for enemies?
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